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Etymology
From AGr. poly (many) + morph (form) + -ism.

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/p�lɪ�m��fɪz�m/, SAMPA|/pQlI"mO:fIz@m/
(US) AHD|/päl-�-môrʹfĭz-�m/, IPA|/p�li�m�rfɪz�m/, SAMPA|/pAli"mOrfIz@m/

Noun
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1. The ability to assume different forms or shapes.
2. context|crystallography The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.
3. context|biology The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.
4. context|computer science The feature of object-oriented programming that allows a method to have several definitions, depending on the types of the arguments it is called with.

Translations
trans-top|ability to assume different forms or shapes
Croatian: t-|hr|polimorfizam|m, t-|hr|višeobli�je|n
Dutch: t|nl|polymorfisme|n
Finnish: monimuotoisuus, muunneltavuus
French: t|fr|polymorphisme|m
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Italian: t+|it|polimorfismo|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|polimorfismo|m
Swedish: polymorfism
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trans-top|crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form
Croatian: t-|hr|polimorfizam|m
Dutch: t|nl|polymorfisme|n
Finnish: polymorfia, polymorfismi
French: t|fr|polymorphisme|m
Italian: t+|it|polimorfismo|m
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trans-top|biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex
Czech: t-|cs|mnohotvarost|f
Dutch: t|nl|polymorfisme|n
Finnish: monimuotoisuus, polymorfismi
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French: t|fr|polymorphisme|m
Italian: t+|it|polimorfismo|m
Swedish: polymorfism
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trans-top|computer science: feature of object-oriented programming
Croatian: t-|hr|polimorfizam|m, t-|hr|višeobli�je|n
Dutch: t|nl|polymorfisme|n
French: t|fr|polymorphisme|m
Italian: t+|it|polimorfismo|m
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Portuguese: t-|pt|polimorfismo|m
Swedish: polymorfism
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ttbc|Alsatian: #Alsatian|polymorphism
ttbc|Esperanto: polymorfismo#Esperanto|polymorfismo
ttbc|German: Polymorphie f, Vielgestaltigkeit f
ttbc|Greek: �ολ�μο��ι�μ� m
ttbc|Ido: polimorfismo#Ido|polimorfismo m
ttbc|Interlingua: polimorfismo#Interlingua|polimorfismo
ttbc|Japanese: p�rim�rubīsumu, poorimoorubisumu?<!--a)-->
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ttbc|Korean: <!-- (-->polimal?bisumu<!--)-->
ttbc|Latin: polymorphismus
ttbc|Latvian: polimorfizma
ttbc|Luxemburgian: #Luxemburgian|polymorphism
ttbc|Polish: polimorfizm
ttbc|Spanish: t|es|polymorfismo|m
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• 2007-12-26 17:24 - Mutante - [[Category:English nouns ending in -ism]]

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